Case Studies and Testimonials

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Trial Interim Evaluation Report

An independent outcome evaluation which analyses the findings of the first year of a two-year impact trial of Rocket Phonics SSP programme.

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Case Study, Shireland Academy Trust, 2022

Inspectors were able to see how much the children loved the phonics lessons, how confident the staff were at delivering the sessions, the high-quality resources and the progress made by the pupils.

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Case Study, Wellspring Academy Trust, 2022

""The programme is incredibly accessible for the staff team. Resources cover every angle and require very little preparation from the adults."

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Case Study: Newick Church of England Primary School Case Study, 2022

We can finally be secure that our children are getting the exact reading books matched to and aligned to their learning and abilities.

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Case Study: St Mary’s CE Primary, 2022

We've seen children become more confident with phonics. We've seen them use it and it's in that application of phonics that we've seen real progression in both reading and in writing.

Rocket Phonics Next Steps Testimonial: Cheadle Heath Primary School, April 2022

As teachers we love the way that aspects of grammar, spelling and handwriting are interwoven into the scheme allowing all these elements to be addressed without having to find more time within an already stretched timetable.

Online Library Case Study: Sherborne Preparatory School, February 2022

The children enjoyed having a variety of books to read according to their reading band. It was also useful for parents at home during COVID especially those who were not able to access different books that the children would read for pleasure.

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Case Study: Dairsie Primary School, July 2021

I would recommend this resource and have already told colleagues about it. We like that everything is included and it is so straight forward and easy to understand. We are so excited to start the programme from the beginning in August to see the impact on progress.

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Case Study: Ebor Gardens Academy, Autumn 2021

We love how systematic and segmented the scheme is.

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics Case Study: Bradshaw Hall Primary School, Autumn 2021

Reading Planet Rocket Phonics offered everything we wanted in one package!

Online Library Video Testimonial: Daniel and Bella: March 2021

'I'd give it a five-star rating!'

Reading Planet Online Testimonial: Downsway Primary School, October 2020

We’ve been finding the Online Library super-helpful for children who have been isolating and it will be a brilliant tool to have if we have to close a ‘bubble’.

Whole-scheme Research-led Efficacy Report: Autumn 2020

“We assessed our other reading books and book bands against Reading Planet and found that the other schemes didn’t match up. Reading Planet is higher quality, better in levels of text, better stories, more relevant content and even even uses the punctuation relevant to the year group.

Reading Planet Online Testimonial: Sherwood Primary School, June 2020

During the lockdown period, we have found the Reading Planet Online Library to be an essential resource for parents in supporting reading at home.

Reading Planet Online Testimonial: Ivegill CE Primary School, June 2020

The Online Library has helped us to be able to offer reading books linked specifically to the children's stage of reading and phonics level

Online Library Testimonial: Griffydam Primary School, June 2020

The Reading Planet Online Library has been an invaluable tool in supporting reading across our school during the period of school closure and as we have moved into the phased return.

Print Resources Case Study: Penn Wood Primary School, October 2019

We also like the Galaxy fiction and non-fiction and the new KS2 fiction titles - the quality of stories is excellent and the non-fiction supports our direction of travel with reading to support knowledge.

Whole-scheme Case Study: Ancaster C of E Primary School, September 2019

We have pretty much cast aside all other reading schemes now as we assessed our other reading books and book bands against Reading Planet and found that the other schemes didn’t match up.

Whole-scheme Case Study: Tranmoor Primary School, July 2019

Our Phonics pass rate improved by 11% to 83% and we saw a 10% increase in the KS1 Reading SATs results, with 15% increase in greater depth.

Whole-scheme Case Study: St Barnabas CE First & Middle School, July 2019

In Year 2, we have enjoyed using the Reading Planet books for shared group reading with a wide ability range - using the online books has been fantastic for whole class sessions because even the less able can participate and repeat after the audio.

Whole-scheme Case Study: Griffin Park Primary School. July 2019

The children have engaged with all the Reading Planet strands and the bookband levels are more in line, even in the non-fiction which is often an issue with other schemes.

Whole-scheme Case Study: Downsway Primary School, July 2019

The Teacher Guides have been helpful for the teaching assistants and we love the assessment sheets. They are great to use to show parents where there are still gaps or whether the children should be moved up a level.

Whole-scheme Case Study: Wilton CE Primary School, June 2019

We have now chosen Reading Planet to be our reading scheme going forward. The teachers prefer it and they feel that it has contributed to the improved reading SATs results.

Print Resources Testimonial: Beckstone Primary School, Spring 2019

We would definitely recommend Reading Planets to other schools. The books are of extremely high quality, beautifully illustrated and really match age related reading expectations.

Online Library Video Testimonial: Naomi (parent), October 2018

'It makes it easy to encourage him to read with me'

Reception Testimonial: Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School, 2018

The books expose the children to different topics, and link with other books and subjects we’re already teaching

Print resources Testimonial: Higher Openshaw School, 2018

Importantly, the scheme features modern day topics such as well-being and resilience, which we teach in other lessons

Print Resources Testimonial: Walton-le-Dale Primary School, 2017

We have several book band schemes in school and without question, it is the Reading Planet books that the children look out for time and time again.

Teaching Support Testimonial: Foxborough Primary School, 2017

The teaching support that Reading Planet provides us is great. It has detailed instructions and helpful prompts to make sure we’re getting the most out of every guided reading session.

Print Resources Video Testimonial: Sacred Heart Primary School, 2017

Find out what teachers, parents and children think of Reading Planet.

Review: Teach Primary, 2017

Reading Planet really redefines our understanding of how children learn to read. It challenges our approach and encourages us to think how we teach phonics.